iSpeak™ Webinar Series

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Cutting through the information clutter

Are you tired of being caught up in the latest technology Hype Cycle - wasting valuable time and resources? Join Jeanne Morain (author of highly acclaimed Visible Ops/iSpeak Cloud) and her special guests for the monthly iSpeak ™ Webcast Series as they cut through the information clutter. The series will provide insights and best practices from industry thought leaders on current trends and truths about the state of IT Infrastructure Landscape from Big Data to Cloud. The series will consist of 2 panel members that can provide a balanced perspective and real world examples of key challenges Enterprise IT faces today when combining these newer technologies with their legacy system environments.

Privacy Shield has replaced Safe Harbor as the standard for to regulate software when dealing with the European Union. Over 4000 US companies are said to be impacted. Privacy Compliance by Design is at the forefront in assisting companies with rethinking their software strategy to reduce risks to security and compliance. Join special guests Emerald de Leeuw, CEO Eurocomply and Don Cox, former CISO for this update on the latest around Privacy Shield and Implementing policies to enable security and compliance as part of your Cloud Center of Excellence.

According to a report by Cisco the average company has over 1100+ Shadow IT applications in use and growing. As the technology and compliance requirements have grown so has the need for companies to understand and map their current cloud state. Join Jeanne Morain as she provides insights and prescriptive guidance for building out a Hybrid Service Management strategy to embrace Shadow IT, manage business expectations, and optimize current service workloads.

You wouldn't buy groceries without first checking the refrigerator to see what you have. The same should hold true for compute capacity. Most companies are cloud by happenstance because of acquisitions by the business and IT itself working around the Ops team. Join Jeanne Morain and special guest Paul Mansfield, CTO as they provide guidance on best practices principles for determining service workloads and migration strategy.

Some DevOps aficionados will say that they are not as involved in the Cloud or Cloud based initiatives. If your company is undergoing any type of Digital Transformation the cloud is at the epicenter. A critical success factor is creating a cohesive cloud strategy and platform that automates what needs to automated, eliminates what is unnecessary, and focuses on results. Join Jeanne Morain and her special guests as they provide best practices and prescriptive guidance for designing your cloud strategy around your company's strategy not vice versa.

A critical success factor in Digital Transformation is building out a compliance by Design approach that is proactive versus reactive. Join Jeanne Morain and special guests - Malcolm Fry - Industry Luminary for ITIL and Mark Bodman - IT4IT strategist to learn prescriptive guidance on designing in the automation of ITIL and other compliance frameworks into your Digital Transformation Strategy.

Many technology and business leaders alike struggle to keep up with the fast pace of change in the Digital Era. As more workloads move to the cloud - the complexity and agility of change has to be understood to reduce risk. Join Jeanne Morain and special Guest Muneer Mubashir from HP Enterprise Software, and Paul Mangione - as they discuss findings from her new book sponsored by HPE. Learn the different levels and approaches from top performers for implementing Digital Transformation Strategies across Hybrid Cloud while ensuring Security, Compliance and Agility.

Bimodal IT has been the topic of great debate amongst both DevOps and Traditional IT enthusiasts. Hands on practitioners realize that IT will always be biomodal because certain functions require a waterfall approach like building out infrastructure. DevOps enthusiast worry about legacy processes impeding progress and business agility. The missing link is building a bridge between development methodologies using a common language and tool - Business Requirements Document. Join Jeanne Morain and special guests - Dave Angradi (Logicalis) and Paul Peisner as the provide prescriptive guidance on building the Bimodal bridge to reduce friction while enhancing agility, time to value, and benefits of DevOps.

Safe Harbor was repelled by the European Union. The US and EU have come together with a new agreement called Privacy Shield. The changes may impact not only your business but technology strategy in purchasing solutions and creating architectures that are compliant. Join Jeanne Morain and special guests Emerald de Leeuw (EuroComply) for learn more about how Privacy Shield can affect your organization.

In 2015 alone there was an average of 1 million new viruses a day. Security in the As-A-Service Cloud Era is essential for a company's success. Join Jeanne Morain with special Guests - Don Cox (Chief Information Security Officer) and Chris Armstrong (consultant for Federal Agency) as they provide best practices and lessons learned on taking a Risk Assessment approach during your Client to Cloud implementation strategy.

Making the transition from service provider to trusted adviser to the C-Suite can be a difficult task. Join Jeanne Morain with special guests Lorenzo Hines (Executive Citi) and Marco Bussadori (GM BMC Software) as they provide prescriptive guidance on aligning Technology and Business initiatives. This session will explore use of mobility and the growing dependency on it as a use case to bridge the chasm between technology leaders and their counterparts based on common ground.

With the "Everything-As-A-Service" Application Era - Enterprise customers are tasked with monitoring, managing and compliance of Assets in hybrid cloud environments. Join Jeanne Morain and featured guest Paul "Doc" Burnham as they explore the challenges and techniques in managing the next-generation applications.